Hose-clamp.



T. HARBER.

HOSE GLAMR APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

912,955, Patented Fem-16, 1909.

FIG; l

W Q44 1% m UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE. THOMAS BARBER, or GRAY, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To R. 1 GRAY, or GRAY,

' KENTUCKY. r

HOSE-CLAMP.

- I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

v Application filed January 31, 1907. Serial No. 855,072.

as enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.- a

This, invention relates to improvements in hose clamps.

The object of the invention is to provide a hose clamp adaptedto be quickly and easily applied toa hose to'clampthe end of the same to a nozzle or coupling.

A further object of the invention is to ro-- vide a device of, this character which wi be simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive in construction, gf'ficient and reliable in operation and well adapted for the purpose for which the same is designed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of.certain novel features of construction, combination and arran ment of parts, as willbe hereinafter descri d and claimed.

- v.In the-accom anying drawings,Figu're 1 is a side view 0 a section of hose and a portion'of a-couplin showing the application of the invention t ereto; F 1g. 2 is a perspec the view of the (lamp when open; Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the appearance of the clamp when closed.

Referrmg'more articularly to the drawgs, aclamp 1 is s own which consists of a ring-like band s lit on a line oblique tothe lane of the b0 y thereof to provide a scarf 40 oint with its overla ping end portions correspondingly incline on their meeting faces, which faces lie inclose contact when the clam is applied. The terminals of these over apping ortions are made thin to adapt them to liec ose a ainst the respective edges of the ring and d sposed in planes continuous with the respective side edges of the ring thereby }preserving the cross sectional contour of t e body of the rin throughout and presenting a smooth unbro on surface at its edges to avoid accidental opening of the rin like clamp by engagement of its ends wit h an obstruction. A v

The clamp here shown preferably has a substantially flat inner wall 3 and a convex outer wall '4, In applying the ring to'a hose, said ring is engaged therewith when in. open position as shown in Fi 2 after which the ends 'of the clamp are ammered together, thus drawing the inner flat wall of the rin into tight engagement with the hose an thereby tightly clamping the hose into engagementwith a coup (g or nozzle to which the hose is to be attache Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted 'to without departing from the principle or sacrificin any of the advantages of the invention, as efined in the appen ed claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters-Patent, is:'

In combination with coupling, a clamping ring of slight] reater diameter than the hose to be coup e made from a single iece of thin spring metal split obliquely tot e plane of its body and bent into the required form with its split ends in spaced relation, the split ends of the ring being ada, ted to be hammered together after having een placed upon the hose to cause the clamping ring to tightly clamp the latter to the coupling. Y

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

a hose and a hose THOMAS HARBER.

Witnesses:

J T. GRAY, J. A. BARTON. 

